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5 Ws: Wearables
The battery can be used in flexible, stretchable electronics for wearables as well as soft robotics.
NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
With a technique first used at NASA, researchers are making glasses that can improve your concentration.
Briefs: Materials
A new method manufactures complex shapeshifters for soft robots and biomedical implants.
Briefs: Materials
The polyimide composites have uses in aerospace, automotive, construction, electronics, mechanical systems, and industrial machinery.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These nanomaterial strain sensors are ten times more sensitive when measuring minute movements compared to existing technology.
Briefs: Imaging
Ultra-thin and flexible metalenses could replace traditional camera lenses.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technology welds adjacent 3D-printed layers more effectively, thereby increasing the reliability of the final part.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
This integrated nanosensor is printed on a daughter board using 3D printing techniques.
Articles: Test & Measurement
Learn about the kinds of wireless meters that can provide precise test data.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Additive Manufacturing Automated Process Planning Software
The software automatically maps designs from CAD software to additive manufacturing to help cut unnecessary steps.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A newly developed architected metamaterial has the ability to change shape in a tunable fashion.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Wafer-Scale Membrane Release Process
This process fabricates thin dielectric membranes with high mechanical yields.
Briefs: Materials
By emulating the natural cellular architecture of wood, green products such as clothes, packaging, and furniture can be manufactured with unique properties.
Articles: Energy
When it comes to the research and development of batteries, modeling and simulation (M&S) provide an efficient and low-cost approach.
Blog: Materials
The hard “coin,” could be used to make super-strength metal coatings or larger industrial components.
Special Reports: Photonics/Optics
Optics & Photonics Innovations - January 2021
An ultrafast camera that takes up to one trillion pictures per second...using light alone to levitate objects and propel spacecraft...the groundbreaking optics enabling the world's most powerful...Products: RF & Microwave Electronics
Modules from Pickering Interfaces simulate industrial control transceivers.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The system uses off-the-shelf materials combined with ultraviolet lights to decontaminate N95 masks.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The system is filled with a patient’s skin cells.
Articles: Test & Measurement
As ICs continue to become smaller and chip complexity increases, manufacturers still need to ensure reliability to their customers.
NASA Spinoff: Propulsion
The technology could allow deep-space exploration without running out of propellant.
Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
Just like smartphones, the same trend of combining separate components into one device is also apparent in industrial automation.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Researchers have created the prototype for a handheld device to measure a biomarker for cancer. The device works much like the monitors that people with diabetes use to test their blood-sugar levels...
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Applications include aerospace, automotive, commercial spaceflight, scuba diving equipment, and for first responders.
Q&A: Materials
Brian Salazar and his UC Berkeley team have developed a new way to reinforce concrete with a polymer lattice, an advance that could rival other polymer-based enhancements and improve...
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The unit could help healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients.
INSIDER: Power
A simpler and more efficient way to predict performance will lead to better batteries, according to Rice University engineers. That their method is 100,000 times faster than existing modeling...
INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel electronic devices with useful properties, such as an ability...
Blog: Photonics/Optics
Optical interference filters are critical to the overall performance of machine vision applications. So how do you select the right one?
Top Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Engineers: Tech, Tools, and Gadgets
INSIDER: Research Lab
Scientists Create Superconducting Semiconductor Material
Blog: Software
Quiz: Materials
Blog: Aerospace
Tech Briefs Wrapped 2025: Top 10 Technology Stories
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: AR/AI
The Real Impact of AR and AI in the Industrial Equipment Industry
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Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Power
SAE Automotive Podcast: Solid-State Batteries
Podcasts: Power
